Mayabase, Release 5.1, by T. Bürglin.

I would like to ask users to send me their comments, improvements, additions
by email, rather than incorporating them themselves. I would not like to
see various inconsistent versions floating around the net.

The files are available either as MacIntosh Filemaker
Pro files (compacted, binhexed), as Tab-delimited text files for MacIntosh
(compacted, binhexed) or PC
(zipped and uuencoded) or PC
(zipped). Or access this site directly by ftp: copan.bioz.unibas.ch
/pub/meso.

I would like to thank R. Alvarado for providing me with a scanned list
of the site abbreviation codes from the CMHI Volume 1. I have corrected
and updated this list. Site codes containing lower case letters are provisional
designations by myself.

As is obvious from the files, all the various abbreviations have been
split into separate database files. This allows for much greater flexibility
and automatic lookups in database programs.

There is the main file - MayaMonuments - , which has the sites with
monuments and the codes for the publications where pictures/drawings can
be found.

There is the file - Sites - , which lists all sites according to CMHI,
and expands on this list as appropriate. Smaller sites with no known inscriptions
have been included, but not necessarily given a code.

There is the file - Monumentcodes - , which gives the codes for the
various Monument types, as taken from the CMHI and expanded.

A further file - Cities/Regions - lists abbreviations of Regions, Cities
and Museums. I gave 3 capital letters to cities, and further 3 to museums/galleries
in those cities. This list needs much further expansion.

Then there is the file - References - , which gives the full references.

Last, the file with general abbreviations - Abbreviations -, or abbreviations
of buildings for particular sites.

There are still a couple of publications I have not gone through:

- The books by Mayer, on unprovenanced sculptures, only one covered
so far.

For vases, one should consult:
Painting the Maya Universe,
The Maya Vase books by Kerr, Vol I - IV